The Westminster Tradition

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  • Summary

  • Unpacking lessons for the public service, starting with the Robodebt Royal Commission.
    In 2019, after three years, Robodebt was found to be unlawful. The Royal Commission process found it was also immoral and wildly inaccurate. Ultimately the Australian Government was forced to pay $1.8bn back to more than 470,000 Australians. In this podcast we dive deep into public policy failures like Robodebt and the British Post Office scandal - how they start, why they're hard to stop, and the public service lessons we shouldn't forget.
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Episodes
  • Mr Bates v Post Office part 8 - ‘The One Where The Report is a Slide Deck’

    Mr Bates v Post Office part 8 - ‘The One Where The Report is a Slide Deck’
    Nov 18 2024

    Post Office’s internal inquiries never got to the bottom of the situation. Here we unpack how to choose an investigator, getting the information to the person, and what do with a report.

    Opening grab from Sir Anthony Hooper, independent chair of Horizon mediation scheme.

    Subsequent grab from Mr Beer KC and Paula Vennels, former Post Office Limited Chief Executive.

    Subsequent grab Mr Beer KC and Alice Perkins, former Post Office Limited Chair.

    Now for some appropriately bureaucratic disclaimers....

    While we have tried to be as thorough in our research as busy full time jobs and lives allow, we definitely don’t guarantee that we’ve got all the details right.

    If you want rigorous reporting on Robodebt, we recommend the work of Rick Morton at the Saturday Paper, Chris Knaus and Luke Henriques-Gomes at the Guardian, Ben Eltham at Crikey, Julian Bajkowski at The Mandarin, and of course, the Robodebt Royal Commission itself.

    Please feel free to email us corrections, episode suggestions, or anything else, at thewestminstertraditionpod@gmail.com.

    Thanks to PanPot audio for our intro and outro music.

    'Til next time!
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    41 mins
  • Mr Bates v Post Office part 7 - ‘The One Where The Inquiries Go Nowhere’

    Mr Bates v Post Office part 7 - ‘The One Where The Inquiries Go Nowhere’
    Nov 4 2024

    Post Office leadership commissioned at least 6 different investigations of varying degrees of independence and rigor into complaints about Horizon after 2010. And yet none of them got to the truth. In the next two episodes, we unpack what not to do when setting up inquiries and investigations.

    Opening grab from Mr Beer KC and Alice Perkins, former Post Office Limited Chair.

    Subsequent grab from Mr Beer KC and Alice Perkins, former Post Office Limited Chair.

    Final grab from Mr Beer KC and Rod Ismay, Former Post Office Limited, Head of Product and Branch Accounting.

    Now for some appropriately bureaucratic disclaimers....

    While we have tried to be as thorough in our research as busy full time jobs and lives allow, we definitely don’t guarantee that we’ve got all the details right.

    If you want rigorous reporting on Robodebt, we recommend the work of Rick Morton at the Saturday Paper, Chris Knaus and Luke Henriques-Gomes at the Guardian, Ben Eltham at Crikey, Julian Bajkowski at The Mandarin, and of course, the Robodebt Royal Commission itself.

    Please feel free to email us corrections, episode suggestions, or anything else, at thewestminstertraditionpod@gmail.com.

    Thanks to PanPot audio for our intro and outro music.

    'Til next time!
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    35 mins
  • TWT Ask Us Anything! Part 2 - culture and integrity agencies

    TWT Ask Us Anything! Part 2 - culture and integrity agencies
    Oct 14 2024

    Another great round of questions, thanks!

    Now for some appropriately bureaucratic disclaimers....

    While we have tried to be as thorough in our research as busy full time jobs and lives allow, we definitely don’t guarantee that we’ve got all the details right.

    If you want rigorous reporting on Robodebt, we recommend the work of Rick Morton at the Saturday Paper, Chris Knaus and Luke Henriques-Gomes at the Guardian, Ben Eltham at Crikey, Julian Bajkowski at The Mandarin, and of course, the Robodebt Royal Commission itself.

    Please feel free to email us corrections, episode suggestions, or anything else, at thewestminstertraditionpod@gmail.com.

    Thanks to PanPot audio for our intro and outro music.

    'Til next time!
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    31 mins

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